The 2011 Kelly Cup Playoffs of the
ECHL
The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL).
The ...
started on April 4, 2011 following the end of the
2010–11 ECHL regular season. The playoff format remains unchanged from that of the
2010 postseason, with the exception of the changed conference names. 15 teams will qualify for the playoffs, being the top seven teams from the Western Conference and the top eight teams from the Eastern Conference.
Playoff format
In the Eastern Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winners will be seeded first, second and third and will play the eighth-place finisher, the seventh-place finisher and the sixth-place finisher, respectively, while the fourth-place finisher and the fifth-place finisher will meet. The conference semifinals will have the winner of the first-place and eighth-place matchup will meet the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place game while the winner of the second-place and seventh-place game will face the winner of the third-place and sixth-place matchup.
In the Western Conference, postseason berths will be awarded to the first-place team in each division and the next five teams in the conference, based on points. The division winner with the best record in the conference will receive a bye in the first round. The other division winner will be seeded second and meet the team that finishes seventh in the conference in the first round. The other first round matchups will be the third-place finisher in the conference against the sixth-place finisher in the conference and the fourth-place finisher in the conference against the fifth-place finisher in the conference. The conference semifinals will have the first-place finisher meeting the winner of the fourth-place and fifth-place matchup and the winner of the second-place finisher and seventh-place finisher against the winner of the third-place finisher against the sixth-place finisher.
The first round in each Conference will be a best of five series with each subsequent round being a best of seven series.
Playoff seeds
After the regular season, 15 teams qualified for the playoffs. The
Alaska Aces were the Western Conference regular season champions and the Brabham Cup winners with the best record at 97 points.
The
Greenville Road Warriors
The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are a professional ice hockey team located in Greenville, South Carolina. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and play their home games at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Gr ...
earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference and finished the season with 96 points.
Eastern Conference
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Greenville Road Warriors
The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are a professional ice hockey team located in Greenville, South Carolina. They play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference and play their home games at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in downtown Gr ...
- South Division and Eastern Conference champions, 96 points.
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Reading Royals
The Reading Royals are a professional ice hockey team that currently plays in the ECHL. The team participates in the North Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. The Royals play their home games at the Santander Arena located in downtown R ...
- Atlantic Division champions, 93 points.
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Kalamazoo Wings
The Kalamazoo Wings, nicknamed the K-Wings, are a mid-level professional ice hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A member of the ECHL's Western Conference, Central Division, they play in the 5,113-seat Wings Event Center. They are the affiliate ...
- North Division champions, 88 points.
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Wheeling Nailers
The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...
- 81 points.
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South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Co ...
- 80 points.
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Florida Everblades
The Florida Everblades are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Estero, Florida, in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area. They play in the ECHL and are affiliated with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (N ...
- 79 points.
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Cincinnati Cyclones - 76 points.
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Elmira Jackals
The Elmira Jackals were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Elmira, New York. They were members of the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007 and the ECHL from 2007 to 2017. The Jackals played their home games at First Arena.
On ...
- 74 points.
Western Conference
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Alaska Aces - Western Conference and Mountain Division champions, Brabham Cup winner, 97 points.
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Bakersfield Condors
The Bakersfield Condors are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Bakersfield, California. The team is owned by and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers. The Condors play their home ...
- Pacific Division champions, 86 points.
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Stockton Thunder
The Stockton Thunder were a minor league professional ice hockey team that was based in Stockton, California, and a member of the ECHL. The Stockton Arena was their home ice, with a capacity of 9,737. The team was an affiliate team of the New Yo ...
- 86 points.
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Las Vegas Wranglers - 81 points.
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Idaho Steelheads
The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season. In 1996, th ...
- 77 points.
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Utah Grizzlies
The Utah Grizzlies are a professional ice hockey team in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
Franchise history
The current Utah Grizzlies franchise started in 1981 as the Nashville South Star ...
- 73 points.
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Victoria Salmon Kings
The Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, and members of the ECHL. The team debuted in the 2004–05 season and folded after the 2010–11 season. The Chilliwack Bruins of the major juni ...
- 68 points.
Playoff bracket
Conference Quarterfinals
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Note: ''Home team is listed first.''
Eastern Conference
(1) Greenville Road Warriors vs. (8) Elmira Jackals
(2) Reading Royals vs. (7) Cincinnati Cyclones
(3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (6) Florida Everblades
(4) Wheeling Nailers vs. (5) South Carolina Stingrays
Western Conference
(2) Bakersfield Condors vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings
(3) Stockton Thunder vs. (6) Utah Grizzlies
(4) Las Vegas Wranglers vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads
Conference Semifinals
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Note: ''Home team is listed first.''
Eastern Conference
(1) Greenville Road Warriors vs. (4) Wheeling Nailers
(2) Reading Royals vs. (3) Kalamazoo Wings
Western Conference
(1) Alaska Aces vs. (5) Idaho Steelheads
(6) Utah Grizzlies vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings
Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
(3) Kalamazoo Wings vs. (4) Wheeling Nailers
Western Conference
(1) Alaska Aces vs. (7) Victoria Salmon Kings
Kelly Cup Finals
(1) Alaska Aces vs. (3) Kalamazoo Wings
Statistical leaders
Skaters
These are the top ten skaters based on points.
''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; Yellow shade = team still in playoffs''
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All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Goaltending
These are the top five goaltenders based on both
goals against average
Goals against average (GAA) also known as "average goals against" or "AGA" is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending ...
and
save percentage
Save percentage (often known by such symbols as SV%, SVS%, SVP, PCT) is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic.
In ice hockey and lacrosse, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal ...
with at least one game played (Note: list is sorted by goals against average).
''GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); Yellow shade = team still in playoffs''
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All statistics as of: 18:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
References
See also
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2010–11 ECHL season
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